Angband entered the studio in July 2007 to record their debut album
Rising from Apadana. Shortly thereafter, they signed a record deal with
Pure Steel Records of Germany. They are the first heavy metal band from Iran to sign with an international record company.
Rising from Apadana was released on August 29, 2008, to some positive reviews.
2009–2010 In June 2009 they announced that the title of their second album would be
Visions of the Seeker. It was originally due to be released by the fourth quarter of that year but the release was held back to 2010 because of a production problem. In May 2010 Germany's
Metal Hammer posted a full site interview/article about the band. The band collaborated with the well-known producer/sound engineer Achim Kohler (
Primal Fear,
Brainstorm) and the mixing and mastering process was finished in August 2010. The album was delayed for about a year but finally released on October 29, 2010. Angband's first official video, "Forsaken Dreams", was released in November 2010.
2011–12 In April 2011, the band announced that they were working on a new album with their new bassist Farshad Shokuhfar. and was met with acclaim by the international press. "The prog influences have gained much more room on this album... On 'Saved From The Truth’ the gentlemen show progress on all fronts.",
Lords Of Metal magazine describes the album.
2017–2020 Earlier in the year, the band announced the departure of vocalist Ashakn Yazdani and bassist Farshad Shokuhfar. In October,
Tim Aymar (
Control Denied,
Pharaoh) joined the band as the new singer to release a new album in 2018. The album which is called
IV took 3 years to complete, mostly because the singer had chronic neck pain. Finally, it was released on July 24, 2020. ==Musical style==